The bill directs the Secretary of Defense, working with the Federal Aviation Administration, to study the feasibility and cost of equipping certain Department of Defense aircraft with air-to-air collision detection systems. It covers fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft that are stationed on or near a commercial service airport and regularly fly in its surrounding Class B, C, or D airspace. The study report must include recommendations and a timeline for carrying them out, and is due to Congress within 180 days after enactment. The bill defines air-to-ground collision detection systems but does not include them in the study requirement.
The bill requires a study; it does not require the military to install collision detection systems. It focuses on military aircraft operating near busy commercial airports.
The bill gives no specific funding amount. It requires the study to assess the cost of equipping the covered aircraft.
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